Macro-Structure
Vincenzo Calabrese
My primary interest is the rheological and structural properties of polymer solutions and colloidal dispersions at different length and time scales. I use a combination of experimental techniques (e.g., rheology, microfluidics, and scattering) and theoretical approaches to answer open questions in the field of Soft Matter.
Nano-Structure
Short Biography
After completing my MSc in Food Technology at Wageningen University (Netherlands), I moved to the University of Bath (UK) to pursue a PhD in Soft Matter. Under the supervision of Prof. Karen Edler and Prof. Janet Scott, my research focused on the structure–property relationships of colloidal cellulose nanofibrils in bulk and at liquid–liquid interfaces.
In January 2020, I relocated to Japan to join the Micro/Bio/Nanofluidics Unit at the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST), led by Prof. Amy Shen and Dr. Simon Haward, as a postdoctoral researcher. I was promoted to Staff Scientist in 2023. My work at OIST centered on exploring the coupling between rheological behavior and structural properties of complex fluids under microfluidic flows.
In 2025, I briefly joined the University of A Coruña (Spain) as an independent researcher, supported by a Talent Research Fellowship from the Xunta de Galicia.
I am currently based at POLYMAT, University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU (Spain), where I joined as a Junior Leader Fellow funded by the "la Caixa" Foundation.
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In this website you will find updates on my research starting from 2021.
